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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 23
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Tyre shall be overthrown.
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The</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/1a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE a message of doom to the Phoenician city, Tyre.">burden</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/23/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 26: 2 (2-3); Amos 1: 9.">Tyre</a>.  Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/23/1c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE Cyprus. Refugees tell of destruction.">Chittim</a> it is revealed to them.
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Be <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/2a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB silent, stunned.">still</a>, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
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And by great waters the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE grain from the Nile.">seed</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/23/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 13: 5.">Sihor</a>, the harvest of the river, <i>is</i> her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
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Be thou ashamed, O <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 22; Ezek. 28: 21.">Zidon</a>: for the sea hath spoken, <i>even</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/23/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 26: 17.">strength</a> of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, <i>nor</i> bring up virgins.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/5a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR When the report is heard by Egypt.">As</a> at the report concerning Egypt, <i>so</i> shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
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Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
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<i>Is</i> this your joyous <i>city,</i> whose antiquity <i>is</i> of ancient days?  her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
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Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning <i>city,</i> whose merchants <i>are</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 26: 16.">princes</a>, whose <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/23/8b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE traders.">traffickers</a> <i>are</i> the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/23/8c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB ones honored, i.e. famous.">honourable</a> of the earth?
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, <i>and</i> to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
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Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: <i>there is</i> no more strength.
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He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath given a commandment <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR concerning Canaan.">against</a> the merchant <i>city,</i> to destroy the strong holds thereof.
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And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
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Behold the land of the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 13: 19.">Chaldeans</a>; this people was not, <i>till</i> the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; <i>and</i> he brought it to ruin.
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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
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Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
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&#182; And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will visit Tyre, and she shall <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/17a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR return.">turn</a> to her hire, and shall commit <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/23/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rev. 18: 3 (3, 9).">fornication</a> with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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And her <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/23/18a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Any success she has will only be as permitted by the LORD.">merchandise</a> and her <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/23/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Wages.">hire</a> shall be <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/23/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 2: 3.">holiness</a> to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
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